Following last week's discussions on the role of cities as drivers of change in cancer control at the World Cancer Leaders' Summit in Mexico City, our CEO Cary Adams encourages city leaders to think about high tobacco taxes as a cancer prevention tool.

Lea la nota de prensa oficial de la Unión Internacional Contra el Cáncer (UICC) sobre la Cumbre Mundial de Líderes del Cáncer 2017.

Read the official 2017 World Cancer Leaders' Summit media release of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).

A special illumination event took place in Mexico City, in front of the "Ángel de la Independencia" (Angel of Independence).

Today in Mexico City over 300 global leaders in cancer control and public health are meeting at the 2017 World Cancer Leaders’ Summit to discuss how cities can drive change, translating the global commitments on cancer prevention and care into national action by 2025.

Watch the 2017 World Cancer Leaders' Summit via livestream on Tuesday 14 November 2017 at 10 am CST (Mexico City time) (UTC/GMT -6).

Last week at the ABC4 conference in Lisbon, UICC and its partner Pfizer convened the 2017 SPARC grant awardees, holding a workshop to kick off the next phase of the initiative.

Hear from UICC CEO, Cary Adams on what World Cancer Day is all about and how you can personally make an impact this coming 4 February. 

UICC's partner Cancer Research UK is funding economic research to support tobacco control policy in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) thanks to a strategic 5 year collaboration with the International Development Research Centre  (IDRC) 

UICC is very proud to report another successful edition of the European Country 2 Country 4 Cancer (C2C4C) ride organised in partnership with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) to raise funds for cancer organisations across Europe.